Hurricane-killing conditions over the Atlantic have been keeping storms at...
As the Sahara Air Layer wanes away, favorable conditions are brewing in the Atlantic to bring an extremely active hurricane season this year. Forecasters are pointing to above average sea surface...
View ArticleSumner Redstone, who built media empire including CBS and Viacom, dies at age 97
Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family's drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97.
View ArticleTropical Storm Josephine expected to form Wednesday, NHC says
Tropical Storm Josephine would be the first named storm in the Atlantic this month, and the 10th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic season.
View ArticleFlorida chosen for coronavirus vaccine test program run by the CDC
Florida, which has endured a surge of coronavirus infections this summer, will participate in a COVID-19 vaccine pilot program with the federal government but few details have been released about how...
View ArticlePossible implications for Biden and Trump as Broward lags and Palm Beach...
Palm Beach County voters are voting at a far greater rate for the Aug. 18 primaries and nonpartisan elections than voters in Broward and Miami-Dade counties or the state as a whole.
View ArticleBullets struck an Uber carrying two passengers on I-95; two arrested after chase
At least four shots were fired at a black Honda operated by an Uber driver on I-95 in Hollywood.
View ArticleHour-long SWAT standoff ends peacefully in Fort Lauderdale
Merville Vaughan, 25, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center on a 72-hour hold.
View ArticleFlorida’s rate of coronavirus infections hits high for August, but state...
The Florida Department of Health also reported 8,109 new COVID-19 infections; it's the highest total since 9,642 cases were reported Aug. 1.
View ArticleMan shot and killed in Pompano Beach home was not a burglar, family said
Jeremy Rivers, 33, told deputies he came upon a man burglarizing his Pompano home early Saturday.
View ArticleEx-contender Val Demings praises Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as...
“I feel so blessed," Demings said. "To see a Black woman nominated for the first time reaffirms my faith that in America, there is a place for every person to succeed no matter who they are or where...
View ArticlePalm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw wants a fifth term as challenger calls...
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw has a campaign war chest of $693,466, more than 21 times the money raised by his challenger in the Aug. 18 primary.
View ArticleSchool roof work stalled by management failures, audit finds
An audit finds numerous problems that have resulted in Broward failing to make good on its promise to replace roofs on more than 200 schools.
View ArticleFamily peddling coronavirus bleach ‘cure’ must pay for recall, judge rules
A Florida church pastor and his three sons who peddled industrial bleach as a fake coronavirus “cure” have been permanently barred from distributing the product by a South Florida federal judge.
View ArticleMAP: Here’s the latest forecast track of Tropical Storm Josephine
Here's the latest forecast path of Tropical Storm Josephine, which formed Aug. 13. The storm is forecast to move north of the Caribbean islands and currently poses no threat to land, according to the...
View ArticleAs confusion reigns with felon voting rights amendment, appeals court gets...
After many twists and turns in the legal battle, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta is poised to hear arguments Tuesday in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that...
View ArticleBad reference didn’t doom unemployment website vendor’s bid for a new $110...
Deloitte Consulting is poised to snag a new $110 million Florida contract, despite getting a bad reference for its work on Florida's unemployment website that failed so badly when thousands of people...
View ArticleTropical Storm Josephine forms in mid-Atlantic; earliest 10th storm of season...
Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the mid-Atlantic Thursday, but National Hurricane Center forecasters said it is currently no threat to the U.S.
View ArticleSun Sentinel wins Gold Medal and 8 first-place awards from Florida Society of...
The Sun Sentinel’s investigative series “Teenage time bombs: A generation in danger” explored the problem of mentally disturbed youth, many with access to guns, who routinely threaten the lives of...
View ArticleMore than 9,000 have died from COVID-19 in Florida; state reports 6,236 new...
Florida crossed a grim marker Thursday: Over 9,000 people in the state have died from COVID-19. State health officials reported 6,236 new coronavirus infections Thursday, along with 148 new deaths,...
View Article26 pipe bombs led to evacuations. Man tells cops he uses explosives for...
Gregory Haasze, 34, told police said he bought the explosive materials on eBay using his phone. A pipe-bomb scare led to the evacuations of apartments and shopping centers.
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